Explain risk stratification and decision-making for the high-risk patient.

Assess current guidelines for the treatment of PAD.

Explain specific supportive measures for cardiac conditions at end of life and how care of the heart failure patient has evolved over time.

Identify steps toward a healthy life and how this has evolved over time.

Explain treatment methods for endocarditis and the evolution of treatment changes.

Identify the different classes of anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs including heparin, unfractionated heparin and direct thrombin inhibitor, and discuss complications of these drugs including heparin induced thrombocytopenia.